10. Planning
The School Curriculum
- To consider the connection between school philosophy and planning
- To investigate the approach to whole-school curriculum planning in your school
Long-term Planning
- To investige the coherence which a planned curriculum has for children
- To explore the extent to which themes linked to PSHE and Citizenship pervade the planning of the curriculum
Medium-term Planning
- To consider the quality of activities in schemes of work
- To review medium-term planning for literacy, numeracy and other subjects
- To structure teaching and learning in a curriculum area
- To consider the resource implications of a planned curriculum programme
- To examine the extent to which weekly plans are significant in developing and modifying the curriculum
- To review the use of ICT in a series of lessons
Short-term Planning
- To review existing lesson planning
- To explore the extent to which sharing learning intentions or success criteriea influences feelings of engagement for pupils
- To consider the extent to which are clear about what the learning objectives and outcomes of teaching sessions
- To evaluate a teaching session with particular reference to the appropriate application of subject knowledge
- To examine tasks in terms of their learning demands
